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Sync iCal with Google Calendar

Sync iCal with Google Calendar

Posted October 4, 2007 at 6:40pm by iClarified
To sync your iCal with Google Calendar follow these steps:

Step One
Log into Google Calendar: http://www.google.com/calendar

Step Two
Click the down arrow next to the name of the calendar you would like to sync. You can find your calendar names on the left hand side of the screen.
Sync iCal with Google Calendar


Step Three
Select Share this calendar from the popup menu that appears.
Sync iCal with Google Calendar

Step Four
Select the Calendar Details tab from the page that appears.
Sync iCal with Google Calendar

Step Five
Under the Calendar Details tab go to the Private Address section and click the iCal button.
Sync iCal with Google Calendar

Step Six
A grey box will appear on the screen with your private iCal address. Copy this address to the clipboard by highlighting it and pressing Command-c on the keyboard.
Sync iCal with Google Calendar

Step Seven
Open iCal by clicking the iCal icon on the dock

Step Eight
From the Calendar Menu select Subscribe...
Sync iCal with Google Calendar

Step Nine
A popup will appear asking you to enter the calendar url. Press Command-v on the keyboard to paste the address you copied into the window. Now press Subscribe to continue.
Sync iCal with Google Calendar

Step Ten
A window will popup asking you to confirm the name of the calendar. Enter a description and select whether you would like to remove alarms, attachments or to do items.
Sync iCal with Google Calendar

Finally select a time interval from the Auto-refresh Dropdown for iCal to refresh your Google Calendar. For example if you select 5 minutes iCal will autorefresh you Google Calendar every 5 minutes.
Sync iCal with Google Calendar


Press Ok to close the window.

Conclusion
iCal will now download your events from Google Calendar and display them if you select your Google Calendar from the list of calendars on the left of the iCal window.
Sync iCal with Google Calendar
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Nomalady
Nomalady - July 21, 2012 at 5:51am
Yes, the times are there, but I think after the halfway point of the sesaon they're all 1:00PM. The team hasn't updated the schedule to account for flex scheduling ( better games go to 4:00, etc.), but I may try to do that since I'm hosting my own copy of their CSV file now.
Kimberly
Kimberly - August 25, 2010 at 3:58pm
This syncs a google calander with iCal, but does not sync any information from iCal into Google calender. This Tutorial should be re-named. Does anyone know of a good tutorial that shows how to sink iCal with Google?
Missi
Missi - January 10, 2012 at 12:06am
I'm imrpessed! You've managed the almost impossible.
iClarified Support
iClarified Support - October 23, 2007 at 8:49am
Glad to hear it!
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